- Are we, as some might say, motivated by a desire to save our off-spring?
- Yes, we are motivated by a desire to save our offsprings. In other words, we are preserving our genes by saving our offsprings, who share half of our own genes.
- Must there always be some sort of intrinsic reward for doing good?
- Yes, for some charitable people. They tend to feel good inside and all their charity is good for their own good habit. But for most people, including people in natural state, won't do good for intrinsic rewards. Only those who are trained to reward themselves seek for it.
- Mr. Otis once said, "That having integrity is doing the right thing when no one is watching." If this is so, and no one knows when we have done good, would you still do good?
- Yes, people generally expect personal pride, social rewards, and the power over others, by doing good. Even those who would do good even though no person is watching, expect others to do the same thing for them anonymously.
- "Delayed reciprocal altruism", seems like a gamble - back to game theory, any way. Does this seem to make sense to you. That is that we act out of a desire to have what we have done being done to us?
- Are we ever being truly "selfless" when committing an act of altruism?
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